HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL

HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL operates as an average-sized four-year high school in MONTROSE, New York, part of HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 729 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,173 students. HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Westchester County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL logs 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.1%; this one delivers 67.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Westchester County indicate median household income runs about $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: FRANK G LINDSEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 794 students in 2018 compared to 729 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 61% to 48%.

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